RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team scored three runs in the ninth inning to come from behind and beat the Utah Valley Wolverines 7-6 on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in front of a crowd of 2,253.
Down 6-1 in the sixth, the Vaqueros (17-13, 7-6 WAC) made the game close when freshman
Armani Raygoza belted a 3-run home run over the right field wall to make the score 6-4.
In the ninth, graduate student
CJ Valdez led off with a home run against
Jacob Beltran (0-2). Junior Vela alum
Isaac Lopez followed with a 4-pitch walk and then senior
Jalen Freeman doubled. Junior
Erick Martinez singled to tie the game. One out later, senior
Adrian Torres was plunked to load the bases and then junior Sharyland alum
Martin Vazquez hit a fly ball to right field to bring home Freeman.
That made a winner of junior
Robert Bonilla, who struck out five in a career-high 3.0 scoreless innings of relief.
The Vaqueros also scored in the fourth, as with the bases loaded and one out, Lopez came up with a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-1.
The Wolverines (17-18, 8-5 WAC) scored single runs in the second, third and fifth innings.
In the second, the Wolverines put runners on the corners with one out.
Isaac Lovings took off from second and
Nate Bach scored during the ensuing rundown to make the score 1-0.
In the third,
Calyn Halvorson lifted a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0.
In the fifth,
Burke Camper hit a 2-out RBI-single to make the score 3-1.
The Wolverines added three runs in the sixth on a
Garrett Broussard RBI-double and a 2-run double by
Matthew Schwarz to make the score 6-1.
UTRGV and Utah Valley play the middle game of the series on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium for Selena Night. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive Selena cups. Selena music will be played throughout the game. There will be a best Selena costume contest. The winners will receive a UTRGV Campus Store gift card. First place receives $500, second place receives $300, third place receives $200. Fans can sign up, take a photo, and get a wristband at the entrance. The contest closes at 7 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
GoUTRGV.com/Tickets. Current UTRGV students receive free general admission with their student ID. All fans need to follow the clear bag policy, details of which can be found at
GoUTRGV.com/ClearBag. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Fans can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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